P/s. I enjoyed your short story > When Night Becomes Morning > yes, the light of day did reveal Steve for what he is.

I believe more people might leave comments in your blog if you removed the need to key in all that info – name, email, etc. I might be wrong but this puts up some mental barriers – certainly it does for me. But having said that, it is your blog and obviously, you call the shots.

We have to accept that in this life, we need to kill to live – pooh-poohing non-veganism is somewhat presumptuous, I reckon.

Frankly, I don’t know if they can do any better but it is sure worth a try. Clearly, more female representation/participation in ALL walks of life is the way forward.

Incidentally, for all the “liberalism” in the West – the East is leading in this area. The first female national leaders were from Sri Lanka, Israel, India, etc. Currently, the proportion of female CEOs in Asia far outstrips that in the West.

Yes, in my interactions with Americans over the last 35 years, I detected that in some – the more ignorant, the louder they became. But I also met many Americans who were clearly clued up on the world – sharp and a pleasure to know.

Yes, very sharp and a fine conversation. However, percentage wise, the General Population is not as clever or informed as it should be, and therefore, easily led astray by the ‘Information peddlers,’ whether they be global warming Deniers or the ‘they hate our freedom’ crowd. Could this be the result of being the pre-eminent super-power wrapped in the ideology of ‘we don’t need the others!’ Americans here in Germany are a complete different breed – after they’ve been here awhile, and they never want to go back.

On African plains
of grasses
the straw-gold hues
of dryness
sturdy trees
to meet our eyes
in quite salutation
we meet a pride
savoring
the moment’s peace
Lying in her own
mat is a lioness
with her king cub
While it plays, paws,
and makes baby roars
I’m reminded of every
mother’s care
and love

If I can share with you one small tech issue – as I plan to place the words within a “frame” such a “tall” poem might render the fonts a tad too small. I am quite happy to leave it as it is – just so you know that the font size might not have the required impact.